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| Full name William Aloysius McGowan |
| Born January 18, 1896, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Died December 9, 1954, Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Buried at Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware (Section 3B- West Plot- Lot 124- Grave 1) |
| Umpired First Game: April 14, 1925; Umpired Final Game: July 27, 1954 |
| Height: 5' 9.5" Weight: 178 |
| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1992 |
| Ejections: 1925 (1), 1926 (5), 1927 (6), 1928 (3), 1929 (3), 1930 (2), 1931 (5), 1932 (2), 1933 (10), 1934 (4), 1935 (2), 1936 (5), 1937 (5), 1938 (4), 1939 (6), 1940 (2), 1941 (1), 1942 (3), 1943 (8), 1944 (2), 1945 (2), 1947 (1), 1949 (1), 1950 (4), 1951 (3), 1952 (6), 1953 (1), 1954 (2). Total: 99 |
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| Sporting News Umpire Card |
Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1925 AL Daily 150 57 54 0 39 0 0 1926 AL Daily 152 76 55 0 21 0 0 1927 AL Daily 159 60 55 0 45 0 0 1928 AL Daily 165 74 40 1 50 0 0 1929 AL Daily 159 74 51 0 34 0 0 1930 AL Daily 146 65 34 0 47 0 0 1931 AL Daily 145 61 51 0 33 0 0 1932 AL Daily 147 57 64 0 26 0 0 1933 AL Daily 156 67 56 0 33 0 0 1934 AL Daily 152 73 62 1 16 0 0 1935 AL Daily 157 67 42 0 48 0 0 1936 AL Daily 162 58 57 0 48 0 0 1937 AL Daily 164 60 63 0 41 0 0 1938 AL Daily 153 65 55 0 33 0 0 1939 AL Daily 158 55 52 1 50 0 0 1940 AL Daily 155 51 53 5 46 0 0 1941 AL Daily 157 51 54 2 50 0 0 1942 AL Daily 148 56 56 0 36 0 0 1943 AL Daily 155 73 70 0 12 0 0 1944 AL Daily 155 52 52 2 49 0 0 1945 AL Daily 155 51 51 6 47 0 0 1946 AL Daily 37 13 13 1 11 0 0 1947 AL Daily 152 44 42 24 42 0 0 1948 AL Daily 143 46 46 4 47 0 0 1949 AL Daily 154 44 39 25 46 0 0 1950 AL Daily 150 42 49 24 35 0 0 1951 AL Daily 143 44 34 26 39 0 0 1952 AL Daily 148 46 36 25 41 0 0 1953 AL Daily 151 39 39 35 38 0 0 1954 AL Daily 97 25 23 22 27 0 0 Total (30 Years) 4425 1646 1448 204 1130 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1928 ML Daily 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1931 ML Daily 7 1 2 2 2 0 0 1935 ML Daily 6 1 2 2 1 0 0 1939 ML Daily 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1941 ML Daily 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 1944 ML Daily 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 1947 ML Daily 7 2 1 2 2 0 0 1950 ML Daily 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 Total ( 8 Years) 43 11 10 11 11 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1933 ML Daily 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1937 ML Daily 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1942 ML Daily 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1950 ML Daily 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Total ( 4 Years) 4 3 1 1 3 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 7-19-1925 BOX PHI A Frank Welch Call at HP (Pushed umpire) 5-22-1926 BOX CHI A Bill Hunnefield Call at 3B 5-29-1926 BOX STL A Harry Rice Call at 1B 7-23-1926 BOX DET A Larry Woodall Balls and strikes 7-24-1926 BOX DET A Bob Fothergill Balls and strikes 8-28-1926 BOX DET A Johnny Bassler Fair/foul call 4-27-1927 BOX BOS A Fred Haney Called third strike 5-16-1927 BOX STL A Frank O'Rourke Balls and strikes 6-18-1927 BOX NY A Joe Dugan Call at 3B 7-29-1927 BOX DET A Harry Heilmann Called third strike 9-11-1927 BOX CHI A Ray Schalk Called third strike 9-22-1927(2) BOX PHI A Al Simmons Call at 2B 5-24-1928(2) BOX NY A Miller Huggins Balls and strikes 7-11-1928(1) BOX NY A Tony Lazzeri Call at 3B 8- 7-1928 BOX NY A Ben Paschal Call at 1B 5-19-1929 BOX CHI A Bill Cissell Balls and strikes 6-13-1929 BOX BOS A Charlie Berry Call at 1B 6-18-1929(2) BOX BOS A Alex Gaston Balls and strikes 7-22-1930(2) BOX NY A Charley O'Leary Balls and strikes 9-13-1930(2) BOX NY A Ben Chapman Call at 2B Date Team Ejected Reason 4-28-1931 BOX NY A Jimmie Reese Called third strike 5-25-1931 BOX CHI A Donie Bush Balk non-call 5-31-1931 BOX CLE A Roger Peckinpaugh Called ball on warmup pitch 7- 4-1931(1) BOX BOS A Shano Collins Call at HP 7-25-1931(2) BOX CLE A Wes Ferrell Bench jockeying 5-10-1932 BOX STL A Chad Kimsey Bench jockeying 9- 8-1932(1) BOX NY A Doc Farrell Balls and strikes 4-27-1933 BOX STL A Jack Burns Call at 1B 6- 2-1933 BOX BOS A Marty McManus Call at 2B 6- 8-1933 BOX NY A Johnny Allen Call at 1B 6- 8-1933 BOX NY A Joe McCarthy Call at 1B 7-23-1933 BOX DET A Bucky Harris Yelling at opposing pitcher 8- 8-1933 BOX NY A Cy Perkins Catch/no catch call 8-20-1933(2) BOX PHI A Lena Blackburne Call at 1B 8-20-1933(2) BOX PHI A Bing Miller Call at 1B 9- 4-1933(2) BOX STL A Jack Burns Call at 1B 9-19-1933(2) BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Call at 3B (Appeal play; threw cap at umpire) 7- 3-1934 BOX NY A Johnny Allen Bench jockeying 7-11-1934 BOX WAS A Joe Cronin Call at HP 7-21-1934 BOX BOS A Dusty Cooke Check swing (Reversal) Date Team Ejected Reason 9-20-1934 BOX NY A Ben Chapman Call at 1B 5-20-1935 BOX NY A Johnny Allen Balk call 5-20-1935 BOX NY A Bill Dickey Balk call 6- 6-1936 BOX CHI A Mule Haas Balls and strikes 6-17-1936(2) BOX NY A Red Rolfe Call at 2B 8- 9-1936 BOX BOS A John Kroner Balls and strikes 8-18-1936 BOX NY A Arndt Jorgens Interference non-call 9-14-1936 BOX BOS A Doc Cramer Called third strike (Threw bat) 5-15-1937 BOX STL A Bill Knickerbocker Call at 3B 6- 6-1937 BOX NY A Tony Lazzeri Fair/foul call 6-17-1937(2) BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Call at 2B 6-17-1937(2) BOX CHI A Dixie Walker Call at 2B 7-16-1937 BOX NY A Frankie Crosetti Balls and strikes 4-28-1938 BOX CLE A Johnny Allen Balls and strikes 5-30-1938(1) BOX BOS A Joe Cronin Fighting 5-30-1938(1) BOX NY A Jake Powell Fighting 9-15-1938 BOX NY A Frankie Crosetti Call at 2B 5-26-1939 BOX NY A Wes Ferrell Balls and strikes 6- 3-1939 BOX CHI A Bill Webb Balk non-call 7-30-1939 BOX STL A Fred Haney Arguing on attempted bunt Date Team Ejected Reason 8-11-1939 BOX PHI A Bill Nagel Call at 2B 8-27-1939(1) BOX CLE A Jeff Heath Balls and strikes (Threw bat) 8-28-1939 BOX BOS A Johnny Peacock Call at HP 4-24-1940 BOX STL A Fred Hofmann Refusing to return a foul ball 7-21-1940(1) BOX CLE A Roy Weatherly Balls and strikes 7-29-1941 BOX DET A Birdie Tebbetts Called third strike to teammate 6-30-1942(1) BOX WAS A Jake Early Foul tip 8-28-1942 BOX DET A Merv Shea Bench jockeying 8-28-1942 BOX DET A Dizzy Trout Bench jockeying 5- 9-1943(1) BOX WAS A Ellis Clary Fighting 5- 9-1943(1) BOX BOS A Johnny Peacock Fighting 7-31-1943 BOX CLE A Pat Seerey Called third strike 7-31-1943 BOX CLE A Al Smith Called third strike 8-17-1943 BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Balls and strikes 9- 7-1943(2) BOX DET A Steve O'Neill Call at 3B 9-12-1943(2) BOX WAS A Ossie Bluege Call at 3B 9-24-1943 BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Call at 3B 8-19-1944 BOX CLE A Al Smith Bench jockeying 8-19-1944 BOX CLE A George Susce Bench jockeying 6- 9-1945 BOX PHI A Al Simmons Claiming pitcher doctoring the ball Date Team Ejected Reason 9-19-1945(2) BOX STL A Pete Gray Call at 1B 7- 4-1947(2) BOX PHI A Earle Mack Ordering batter into box 6-21-1949 BOX PHI A Al Simmons Call at HP 6-16-1950 BOX BOS A Birdie Tebbetts Call at 1B 7-17-1950(2) BOX PHI A Jimmy Dykes Balls and strikes 7-17-1950(2) BOX DET A Aaron Robinson Balls and strikes 8- 6-1950(2) BOX BOS A George Susce Fan interference non-call 7- 6-1951 BOX PHI A Ferris Fain Arguing foul ball 7-17-1951 BOX PHI A Jimmy Dykes Balls and strikes 7-27-1951 BOX NY A Gil McDougald Stalling 5-25-1952(2) BOX CLE A Al Lopez Called third strike 6-11-1952 BOX STL A Marty Marion Call at 3B (Reversed; Bumped umpire) 6-20-1952 BOX PHI A Jimmy Dykes Arguing run scored before 3rd out 8- 6-1952 BOX DET A Billy Hoeft Bench jockeying 8-28-1952 BOX PHI A Billy Hitchcock Fighting 8-28-1952 BOX BOS A Sammy White Condition of field 8-11-1953 BOX CLE A Bob Lemon Balls and strikes 5-15-1954 BOX DET A Fred Hutchinson Call at 2B 7-18-1954(2) BOX DET A Billy Hoeft Bench jockeying
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